HR 4396
116th Congress
House
Education
Business records
Consumer credit
Government lending and loan guarantees
Higher education
Student aid and college costs
Clean Slate through Repayment Act of 2019
Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Sep 19, 2019
Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
Sep 19, 2019
Introduced in House
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Plain-English summary
Clean Slate through Repayment Act of 2019
This bill requires the Department of Education (ED) to have a record of default removed from a borrower's credit history in certain circumstances.
Specifically, when a borrower repays in full the amount due on a defaulted student loan, ED must request a consumer reporting agency remove the record of default from the borrower's credit history.
What's happening now
Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4396: Clean Slate through Repayment Act of 2019. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-4396/
"H.R. 4396: Clean Slate through Repayment Act of 2019." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-4396/.
H.R. 4396, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-4396/.
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